List of open universities

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This is a list of schools worldwide that identify as

open universities, either as part of their titles or as an explicit tenet of their educational philosophy and methods. Open education
is a core value for these institutions; they are not just secondary offshoots from more traditional universities.

The information shown for each school is deliberately limited. Each university listed here is linked to an existing article, where more information and verifiable references can be found.

(Column headings: 'DL' =

physical campus
)

Africa

Name Type Headquarter Country
DL
PC
 Notes
National Open University of Nigeria Public Abuja Nigeria Yes
Open University of Mauritius Public
Réduit, Moka District
 Mauritius Yes Undergraduate Diploma/Degree, Master's Diploma/Degree, Doctorate Diploma/Degree[1]
Laweh University College[2] Private Accra Ghana Yes
Open University of Tanzania Public Dar es Salaam Tanzania Yes
Open University of Sudan Public
Khartoum
 Sudan Yes
Zambian Open University Private Lusaka Zambia Yes
Zimbabwe Open University Public Harare Zimbabwe Yes
International Open University Private Kanifing
Gambia
 Yes
International Open Institute[3] Private Lagos Nigeria Yes Yes Bachelor Science, Bachelor Education. Affiliated with International Institution
Université Général Lansana Conté[4] Public Sonfonia
Guinea Conakry
 Yes
Open University[5]
 Public Gaborone Botswana Yes Certificate, Diploma, Post Graduate, Bachelor, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Science, Master of Education, Master of Science[6][7][8][9]

Asia

Asia
Name Type Headquarters Country
DL
PC
 Notes
Open University of Bangladesh Public Dhaka Bangladesh Yes Yes
Teerthanker Mahaveer University
Private
Moradabad
 India Yes Yes
Everyone's Smart University Public Fujairah United Arab Emirates Yes Yes
Anadolu University Public Eskişehir Turkey Yes Yes
Andhra Pradesh Open University
 Public Hyderabad, Telangana India Yes Yes
Arab Open University Private Riyadh Saudi Arabia Yes Yes
Pan Arab
Al-Quds Open University Public Palestine Palestine
Benguet State University Open University Public Benguet Philippines Yes Yes
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University Public Ahmedabad, Gujarat India Yes Yes
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University Public Hyderabad, Telangana India Yes Yes
Ho Chi Minh City Open University Public District 3, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam yes Yes
Hanoi Open University[10][11] Public Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi City Vietnam yes Yes
Indira Gandhi National Open University Public Maidan Garhi, New Delhi India Yes
Karnataka State Open University Public Mysore, Karnataka India Yes Yes
Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University Public Guwahati, Assam India Yes Yes
Korea National Open University Public Seoul South Korea Yes
Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University Public Guwahati, Assam India Yes Yes
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University Public Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh India Yes Yes
Nalanda Open University Public Patna, Bihar India Yes Yes
National Open University Public
New Taipei
 ROC Yes
Nepal Open University Public Lalitpur, Bagmati Nepal
Netaji Subhas Open University Public Kolkata, West Bengal India Yes Yes
Odisha State Open University Public Sambalpur, Odisha India Yes
Open Cyber University
 South Korea A consortium of Korean universities.
Open University Malaysia Private Petaling Jaya Malaysia Yes Yes
Open University of China Public Beijing
PRC
 Yes
Open University of Hong Kong
 Public Hong Kong
PRC
 Yes Yes
Open University of Israel Public Ra'anana, Central District Israel Yes Yes
Open University of Kaohsiung Public
Siaogang, Kaohsiung
 ROC Yes
Open University of Sri Lanka Public Nawala, Nugegoda Sri Lanka Yes Yes
Open Orthodox University[12][13][14][15][16][17] Russia Theological
Pandit Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University Public Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh India Yes Yes
Payame Noor University Public Tehran Iran Yes Yes
Open University
 Public Manila Philippines Yes Yes
Shanghai Open University Public Shanghai
PRC
 Yes
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University Public
Nonthaburi
 Thailand
Tamil Nadu Open University Public Chennai, Tamil Nadu India Yes
The Open University of Japan Private (Semi-public) Wakaba,
Chiba City, Chiba
 Japan Yes Former University of the Air.
Universitas Terbuka
 Public
Tangerang Selatan, Banten
 Indonesia Yes Yes
University of the City of Manila, Open University
 Public Intramuros, Manila Philippines Yes Yes
University of the Philippines Open University Public Los Baños, Laguna Philippines Yes Yes Constituent University of the UP System
Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University Public
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
 India
Uttarakhand Open University Public Haldwani, Uttarakhand India Yes
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University Public Kota, Rajasthan India Yes
Venkateshwara Open University Private Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh India
Wawasan Open University Private George Town, Penang Malaysia Yes Yes
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University Public
Nasik, Maharashtra
 India Yes Yes
Allama Iqbal Open University Public Islamabad Pakistan Yes Yes
Virtual University of Pakistan Public Islamabad Pakistan Yes Yes

Oceania

Australia
Name Type Headquarters Country
DL
PC
 Notes
Open Universities Australia Private
Victoria
 Australia Yes

Europe

Europe
Name Type Headquarters Country
DL
PC
 Notes
Hellenic Open University Public Patras, Achaea, Western Greece Greece Yes Yes
Taras Shevchenko National University - KNU Open University[18][19]
 Public; Self-Governing Kyiv Ukraine Yes Yes
Intercultural Open University Foundation Private Granada Spain Yes Non-profit, Graduate
Istanbul University Public Istanbul Turkey Yes Yes Only the distance education and "second university" parts are considered open.
Novi Sad Open University Novi Sad Serbia
Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine" Private Kyiv Ukraine Yes Yes Non-profit
Open University of the Netherlands Public Heerlen, Limburg Netherlands Yes
Open University of Catalonia Public Barcelona Spain Yes Bachelor, Master, Doctoral, Research.

Ranked among top 500 universities (Times Higher Education World University Rankings)[20]

Open University of Cyprus Public Nicosia Cyprus Yes
The Open University
 Public Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom Yes Yes Bachelor, Master, Doctoral, Research.

Ranked among top 500 universities (Times Higher Education World University Rankings)[21]

Universidade Aberta Public Lisbon Portugal Yes
National University of Distance Education Public Madrid Spain Yes Yes

North America, Central America and the Caribbean

North America
Name Type Headquarters Country
DL
PC
 Notes
Athabasca University Public Athabasca, Alberta Canada Yes Yes Bachelor, Master, Doctoral.
Intercultural Open University Foundation Private Arden, Delaware United States Yes Non-profit, Graduate
Open SUNY
 Public New York, New York United States Yes
Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning Public Kamloops, British Columbia Canada Yes Yes
University of the West Indies Open Campus Public
St. Michael
 Barbados Yes Yes
CARICOM countries
.
Université TÉLUQ Public Quebec City, Quebec Canada Yes Yes Bachelor, Master, Doctoral.
Cushite Hebrew Yeshiva Open International University[22][23] Private
Kissimmee, Florida
 United States Yes Religious Non-Profit, Doctoral, Masters, Bachelors, Associates, Diploma, Certificate[24]
Commonwealth Open University[25][26][27] Private British Virgin Islands Yes Distance Education
Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de México Public
México
 Mexico Yes Yes
HIHMATech Open International University[28] Private Sussex, Delaware United States Yes Non-Profit, Doctoral, Masters, Bachelors, Associates, Diploma, Certificate[29]

South America

South America
Name Type Headquarters Country
DL
PC
 Notes
Interamerican Open University Private Buenos Aires Argentina
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia[30][31] Private Colombia Colombia
Universidad Nacional Abierta[32][33] Public Venezuela Yes Yes Masters, Bachelors, Associates, Diploma, Certificate

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